#nation

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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Yesterday in this country we had people die of hunger and malnutrition. In some parts of this country, the infant mortality rate rivals that of sub-Saharan Africa. We have a public education system that ranks below that of almost any other Western nation. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#almost #any #below #country #die

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations. ↗

— William Feather

#experience #fables #folk #into #nation

Well, the fact is that one imagination is critically important, and if you have had your imagination stimulated by what is basically a variety of subjects, you are much more amenable to accepting, to understanding and interacting with the realities of the world. ↗

— Ashley Judd

#amenable #basically #critically #fact #had

A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there. ↗

— H. Stanley Judd

#best way #destination #final #get #good

You will now have a starting place and a destination, and you will be able to determine what it will cost you to get there. You will be going someplace. ↗

— H. Stanley Judd

#cost #destination #determine #get #going

I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#champions #grassroots #hands-on #i #level

We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#bridge #discrimination #endless #equal #field

I'm extremely proud of my family's record of public service to Massachusetts and the nation. ↗

— Joseph P. Kennedy III

#family #i #massachusetts #nation #proud

I always said that Wahhabism is unacceptable for the Chechen nation. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

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